Previews and predictions for Week 5 high school football games in the Sarasota and Manatee area. Several teams, including Out ...

Manatee County Schools adds live camera access to staff alerts, giving responders a faster view of emergencies across all 62 ...

A special badge with a button is attached to a teacher’s lanyard. When the teacher presses that button, live OpenEye camera ...

A civilian boater helped rescue a man who had spent at least an hour in the Manatee River Saturday night, police said. Officers responded just before 9 p.m. Saturday to reports of a man yelling for ...

The School District of Manatee County has integrated two technology programs, providing access to live video feeds when an ...

Body camera video shows deputies and a trapper wrangling a large alligator found in a woman’s backyard in Manatee County.

In the summer of 2026, a surge in boat-related manatee deaths on the Wakulla and St. Marks rivers claimed three manatees in three months with a fourth death attributed to human interaction, according ...

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (WLOX) — Researchers have documented for the first time that manatees are living and mating in Mississippi waters, as more boaters head out on the Mississippi Sound for Labor Day ...

A slow-speed zone in Stevenson Creek could keep boats from striking the mammals. But state wildlife officials must sign off before signs can go up. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but ...

A drought is an extended period of time when there is a persistent, below-average amount of rain. Droughts aren’t uncommon in Florida; they occur every few years, with a severe drought occurring every ...

Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously to prohibit Flock license plate reading cameras from being installed on county-owned parks, facilities and buildings. The decision follows resident ...

There are already 79 Flock cameras installed throughout the county, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.